Earlier this year, Sir Clive was heavily tipped to return to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to take up the new performance director position.

He was huge favourite for the role having coached England's World Cup winning team in 2003 but he decided not to join after then chief executive John Steele changed the job description for the post, stripping the role of any responsibility for England's senior Test team.

The debacle not only cost Steele his job but has seen a major crisis break out at the RFU with chairman Martyn Thomas forced to resign earlier this month after a damning report into the sacking of Steele by chief disciplinary officer Judge Jeff Blackett.

Sir Clive has claimed that he is happy at the BOA and after the London 2012 Olympics – where he will serve as Deputy Chef de Mission for Team GB – he wants to stay in his current role beyond London 2012. 

"There is a lot of talk about the RFU and me but that is nothing to do with me or anything I have said," the 55-year-old told insidethegames.

"I love working at the BOA, I've got a great job and the reason I took the job in the first place is because we have the London 2012 Games coming up so I was never ever considering anything that would get in the way of me being a part of that.

"My long term plan is that I'm staying at the BOA and the next Summer Games for me after London will be the Rio Olympics in 2016.

"I'm going to Rio this November with the team for early planning for the Games so after London 2012; my focus will be on Rio.

"Right now the London 2012 Olympic Games is obviously a massive focus because we want to make sure that we do it properly but after that I plan to move on and do the same job for Rio because I really enjoy it."

Sir Clive admitted that he is growing increasingly more excited ahead of the London 2012 Olympics which are now less than one year away.

"We have an historic opportunity ahead with more than 500 of Britain's most accomplished Olympic athletes set to represent Team GB at home," said Sir Clive, who will also be Team GB Chef de Mission at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics next January.

"I am totally committed to my role as director of sport at the British Olympic Association and deputy chef de mission for Team GB in London 2012 and I am now just really looking forward to the London 2012 getting underway.

"We have a huge amount of work to do before then but I know it will be an amazing event for everyone involved."

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